Mick Hartley

New York, 1903. "R.M.S. Majestic – outward bound farewells."

[Photo: Shorpy/Detroit Photographic Company]

A White Star Liner captained by Edward Smith, later of Titanic fame.

The Majestic was retired from White Star's New York service and designated as a reserve ship in 1912, to make way for the Titanic. When that didn't quite go as planned, the Majestic was returned to service in her former role.

On 14 January 1914, Majestic departed on her last Atlantic crossing. By this point she had been in service for nearly 24 years, during which time she had carried a total of 163,363 passengers westbound, and another 113,524 passengers eastbound. Soon after, she was sold for scrap to the Thos. W. Ward yard at Morecambe. Before scrapping of the ship commenced, the scrapping company opened the ship for public tours, and some of the interior panelling was saved and used in the offices of the Ward company.